A Guide to Road Safety and Accident Prevention

A Guide to Road Safety and Accident Prevention
Author: C. P. Kumar
Publisher: C. P. Kumar
Total Pages: 93
Release:
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN:

"A Guide to Road Safety and Accident Prevention" is a comprehensive handbook that delves into the multifaceted realm of road safety, offering invaluable insights and practical guidance to reduce the devastating toll of road accidents. With a meticulously structured approach, this book explores various facets of road safety, from understanding the significance of road accidents and dissecting traffic rules and regulations to examining vehicle-related causes, roadway conditions, and the critical human factors contributing to accidents. It also sheds light on the importance of speed limits, the dangers of impaired driving and substance abuse, and the pervasive issue of distraction and inattention. In addition, the book addresses the safety concerns of pedestrians, cyclists, children, and teenagers, while emphasizing the role of road safety education and administrative measures. Furthermore, it discusses emergency response and medical care, rehabilitation, and the need to transform societal apathy into a proactive attitude towards road safety. With case studies and success stories from around the world, this book serves as an indispensable resource for anyone committed to making our roads safer.

World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention

World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention
Author: Marjorie Peden
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2008-09
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1437904068

Every day thousands of people are killed and injured on our roads. Millions of people each year will spend long weeks in the hospital after severe crashes and many will never be able to live, work or play as they used to do. Current efforts to address road safety are minimal in comparison to this growing human suffering. This report presents a comprehensive overview of what is known about the magnitude, risk factors and impact of road traffic injuries, and about ways to prevent and lessen the impact of road crashes. Over 100 experts, from all continents and different sectors -- including transport, engineering, health, police, education and civil society -- have worked to produce the report. Charts and tables.

Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015

Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2015-12-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9241565063

"The Global status report on road safety 2015, reflecting information from 180 countries, indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1.25 million per year, with the highest road traffic fatality rates in low-income countries. In the last three years, 17 countries have aligned at least one of their laws with best practice on seat-belts, drink-driving, speed, motorcycle helmets or child restraints. While there has been progress towards improving road safety legislation and in making vehicles safer, the report shows that the pace of change is too slow. Urgent action is needed to achieve the ambitious target for road safety reflected in the newly adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: halving the global number of deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 2020. Made possible through funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, this report is the third in the series, and provides a snapshot of the road safety situation globally, highlighting the gaps and the measures needed to best drive progress."--Publisher's description.

Safety Analysis

Safety Analysis
Author: Lars Harms-Ringdahl
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2001-06-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1134561938

Safety analysis can be applied as a practical tool in occupational safety. It has three main elements: the identification of hazards, the assessment of risks that arise, and the generation of measures to increase the level of safety. A number of simple methods are described that can be used in industry and the workplace, such as deviation analysis,

The Handbook of Road Safety Measures

The Handbook of Road Safety Measures
Author: Rune Elvik
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 1137
Release: 2009-10-14
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1848552505

Contains summaries of the knowledge regarding the effects of 128 road safety measures. This title covers various areas of road safety including: traffic control; vehicle inspection; driver training; publicity campaigns; police enforcement; and, general policy instruments. It also covers topics such as post-accident care, and speed cameras.

World Report on Child Injury Prevention

World Report on Child Injury Prevention
Author: M. M. Peden
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9241563575

Child injuries are largely absent from child survival initiatives presently on the global agenda. Through this report, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and many partners have set out to elevate child injury to a priority for the global public health and development communities. It should be seen as a complement to the UN Secretary-General's study on violence against children released in late 2006 (that report addressed violence-related or intentional injuries). Both reports suggest that child injury and violence prevention programs need to be integrated into child survival and other broad strategies focused on improving the lives of children. Evidence demonstrates the dramatic successes in child injury prevention in countries which have made a concerted effort. These results make a case for increasing investments in human resources and institutional capacities. Implementing proven interventions could save more than a thousand children's lives a day.--p. vii.

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Accident Analysis and Prevention
Author: Murat Darçın
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2020-09-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1838819614

Accidents are inevitable in our lives and they affect us in many aspects ranging from economical to social, health to legal. While it is not possible to remove accidents from our lives completely, it is possible to develop new techniques or set new standards or prepare contingency plans to reduce their possibility of happening or to alleviate their consequences. This book, aiming to enlighten our ways to prevent accidents, is a compilation of articles authored by reputable international academicians from several disciplines such as maritime studies, defense technologies, emergency management, and psychiatry and behavioral medicine.

No Accident

No Accident
Author: Neil Arason
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1554589657

It is possible to eliminate death and serious injury from Canada’s roads. In other jurisdictions, the European Union, centres in the United States, and at least one automotive company aim to achieve comparable results as early as 2020. In Canada, though, citizens must turn their thinking on its head and make road safety a national priority. Since the motor vehicle first went into mass production, the driver has taken most of the blame for its failures. In a world where each person’s safety is dependent on a system in which millions of drivers must drive perfectly over billions of hours behind the wheel, failure on a massive scale has been the result. When we neglect the central role of the motor vehicle as a dangerous consumer product, the result is one of the largest human-made means for physically assaulting human beings. It is time for Canadians to embrace internationally recognized ways of thinking and enter an era in which the motor vehicle by-product of human carnage is relegated to history. No Accident examines problems related to road safety and makes recommendations for the way forward. Topics include types of drivers; human-related driving errors related to fatigue, speed, alcohol, and distraction and roads; pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit; road engineering; motor vehicle regulation; auto safety design; and collision-avoidance technologies such as radar and camera-based sensors on vehicles that prevent crashes. This multi-disciplinary study demystifies the world of road safety and provides a road map for the next twenty years.

Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013

Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013
Author: World Health Organization. Violence and Injury Prevention
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9241564563

This report provides legislation data last updated in 2011 and fatality data updated for 2010.